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E'. c. KNAIER. DEVICE FOR RECEIVING COINS. APPLICATION FILED `IULY 24; I9I8.

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Patented May 1919.

ATTORNEY 'IEETTEE sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

EMERSON C. KNAIER, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR TO J AMES S. EVANS, 0F

l SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. i

DEVICE Fon, RECEIVING coINs.

Specification of Letters Patent.`

Patented May 6, 1919.

Application led July 24, 1918.4 Serial No. 246,590.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, EMERSON C. KNAIER, citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented a certain `new and useful Improvement in Devices for Receiving Coins, of whichlthe following is a speciication. l 1

\ My invention relates to improvementsin devices that are adapted to receive coins from customers. that are purchasing articles of merchandise and to improvements in devices for determining whether or not the purchaser shall be given a prize along with the article purchased; I

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this class that is cheap and simple in construction and that will automatically keep accurate record of the amount of merchandise sold and prizes given.

A further object s to construct a device of this class having a drawer 0r receptacle that is divided into a plurality of compartments each arranged to receive and hold the coin that purchases a certain article of merchandiseand draws a certainprizeso that the total number of coins in all of the com.- partments will represent the total number of articles of merchandise sold and the number of coins in any one compartment that is adapted to receive the coins that purchase articles of merchandise and also draw prizes, will 4represent the number of prizes of that class given out.

Still further objects are to provide novel and efficient means for securing a removable cover plate on the device and novel means adapted to be released by the operator for stopping the coins, that draw prizes along with the merchandise purchased, in a position where they may be seen before they are dropped into the coin receptacle.

The invention consists in the novel construction, adaptation and combination of parts as will be more clearly hereinafter described and claimed.

I accomplish these objects by devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein#- Figure 1 is a viewpartly in elevation and partly in cross-section on broken line 1, 1 of Fig. 2 of a device constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical mid-section of the same substantially' on broken line 2, 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on a reduced scale substantially on broken line 3, 3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 41 is a detached plan view on a reduced scale of alcoin holding mechanism embodied in my invention.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numerals indicate like parts, the numeral 5 designates a base to which is secured a back 6 and two side mem bers l7 and S, the sides 7 and 8 being of greater width at the bottom than at the top so that a cabinet having a wide bottom portion and a narrow top portion is formed as shown in Fig. 2.

The front wall of the upper or narrow portion is formed by a plate of glass 10 that is preferably slidable in vertical slots 11, as shown in Fig. 3, in the side walls 7 and 8, the` glass plate terminating at a distance abovethe` base plate 5. l i

The lowermost wider portion of the cabinetu is provided with a horizontal shelf 12 that extends outwardly from a point near the bottom of the glass plate 10 and forms a top for a receptacle 13 in the lower portion-0f` the cabinet wherein is disposed a drawer 14C. j i

15` is a pin'board that is disposed a slight distance to the rear of the glass plate 10 so that a passageway 16 is left therebetween, the board 15` preferably being adapted to fit within vertical slots 17 in the sides 7 and 8. f `The front side of the board 15 is a plane surface that is parallel with the plane'of the rear surface of the plate 10 and is provided with a plurality of outwardly projecting pins `18 that aredistributed and arranged as more clearly shown in Fig. 1 and the outer endsor heads of which are in contact with or in close proximity to the glass plate 10'.

The cabinet is provided with a cover 19 that rests on the top of thev back `6 and sides 7 and 8 and is" rigidly securedin position by a link 20 the top end of which is adapted to hook within an eye member 20 that is fiXedly secured to' the cover 19 and the bot- 9 is prevented from yturning on the cabinet by studs o-r pins 23 that project upwardly from the top edges of the sides 7 and 8 into suitable recesses in the bottom side of the cover 19.

The cover 19 is provided at a point midway between its two ends and 'directly above the passageway 16 with a slot 24 through which a coin may be inserted.

When a coin is dropped through the slot 24 it will pass downwardly through the pins 18 by which pins it will be deflected from side to side in an irregular zig zag path and will finally be directed into one of the passageways marked G, 5, 1() or 25 in Fig. 1 from whence it may pass into the drawer 14.

The pins 18 are preferably arranged so thatthey form a V-shaped section 25 at the top that communicates with a: substantially diamond-shapedsection 26 lower down. The pins forming the boundaries of the sections 25 and 26 are close enough together so that the coins used cannot pass outwardly therethrough and the diamond-shaped section 26 terminates about midway from top to bottom yof the board.

Below the bottomy of the diamond-shaped section 26 there is a pin section 27 whose two Sides 28 are formed of pins disposed in slightly zig zag relation in close enough proximity to prevent a chip or coin from passing outwardly therethrough, the sides 28 presenting substantially the appearance of double rows of pins that diverge toward the outer lowermost corners of the board 15.

The pins 18 in the space between the side rows 28 may be disposed as shown or may be disposed in irregular relation with respect to each other and spaced far enough apart to permit the coins that are to be used to pass therethrough.

. The pins` that separate the spaces marked 5, 10 and 25 in Fig. 1 are close enough together to prevent coins from passing from one to the other of such spaces.

The bottom of the passageway 16 lnear each side of the board 15 and below the coin passageways that are marked 5, 10 and 25 in Fig'.l 1 is adapted to be closed by two plates 30 andl 31 that are secured to a cross plate 32 that is pivoted at 33to the pin board 15 so that it maybe swung rearwardly to permit a coin to drop into the drawer 14.

The plate 32 is provided near one end with a iiXedly secured cleat 34 that is notched as at 35 for the reception of a pin 36 that is secured to a push ybar 87 that is movable lengthwise in a suitable passageway formed in the side wall 7 and projects outwardly from the front side thereof as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 so that it may be pushed inwardlyl to swing the plate 32l rearwardly andcause the plates 30 and 31to release any coins that may be supported thereon.

-, The plates 30, 81 and -32 arenormallyheld inwardly in the position shown in Fig. 2 by a flat spring 38 that engages the pin 36.

The drawer 14 is provided with a plurality of partition walls 40 that extend from front to rear thereof and divide such drawer into one large central compartment 41 and six smaller side compartments 42, that are located below and adapted to receive the coins that find their way into the passageways marked 5, 10 and 25 at the sides of the pin board 15.

It will thus be seen that if the device is set up and operated for a considerable period oftime and the drawer 14 is then removed the number of coins in each small compartment 42 will indicate the number of prizes corresponding to the 4amount indicated above the compartment that have been paid out. In this way the drawer 14 having a plurality of compartments located in a suitable position to receive coins from different coin passageways affords a means for keeping a record of the operation of the device.

These devices together with a stock of small articles of merchandise, as sticks of gum, are usually placed by the owners in small stores so that a purchaser may drop his coin in the machine and receive in return therefor an article of merchandise from 95 the storekeeper. Occasionally the coin in passing downwardly through the pins 18 will be deiiected sidewise far enough t0.` lodge in one of the compartments marked 5, 10 and 25 whereupon the storekeeper will be obligated to give the customer a prize together with the usual article of merchandise or to give the customer a number of the articles of merchandise as, for instance, live tenor twenty live sticks of gum.

When the owner of the machine opens the machine the number of coins in the several compartments will give him an accurate check on the number of articles of merchandise and the number of prizes that have been 110 given out by the storekeeper.

The drawer 14 is provided with a lock 50 of any ordinary form and when such drawer is inserted and locked the cover 19 can not be removed. When the drawer 14 is re- 115 moved the thumb nut 22 may be easily taken off' thus permitting the cover to be easily lifted off in case it is desired to remove the glass plate 10 or pin board 15.

It is obvious that changes in the form of 120 construction of my device may be resorted to within the scope of the following claim.

What I claim is:

A device of the class described, comprising a casing, a vertically arranged pin board 125 disposed therein, pins projecting outwardly from one side of said pin board said pins b'eing spaced apart far enough tn permit coins to pass downwardly therebetween, a trans-u parent plate disposed in front of said pin 130 board in close proximity to the outer ends of said pins, a cross-plate hinged to the rear side of said pin board, coin supportin plates secured to the bottom edge of sai cross-plate at right angles thereto and adapted to project below the bottom edge of said pin board to form a support for coins that may pass downwardly through said pins, la cleat secured to said cross-plate and having a notch therein, a longitudinally movable push bar embedded in the walls of said casing and projecting from the exterior thereof, a pin on said push bar and adapted to' project within the notch in said cleat whereby said coin supporting plates will be moved rearwardly to release said coins when said push bar is moved inwardly, a sprin to urge said push bar outwardly, and a loc drawer in the lower portion of said casing, said lock drawer having separate compartments disposed below certain chutes whereby the number of coins that have passed through said chutes may be ascertained.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 18th day of July, A. D. 1918.

EMERSON C. KNAIER.

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